These bullish stories were mostly drowned out however
by the bearish news that Tether had
These bullish stories were mostly drowned out however
by the bearish news that Tether had severed ties with its auditor and been subpoenaed by U.S. regulators.
Most notable was his prediction of the end of the 2013 Bitcoin bubble, which was then followed
by a bearish market for multiple years.
Bitcoin (BTC) has dropped over 8 percent in the last 24 hours, as was indicated
by the bearish reversal pattern on the daily charts and head - and - shoulders breakdown on the hourly chart.
A short - term top is in place at $ 3.3170 (Jan. 4 high) as indicated
by the bearish doji reversal (Thursday's doji candle and a bearish follow - through on Friday).
Over the weekend Bitcoin tried to cross the resistance level of $ 4500, but failed because of subsequent sell offs
by the bearish news out of China.
The cryptocurrency market is surrounded
by a bearish sentiment that most of the cryptocurrencies are feeling.
Bitcoin looks set for a drop to $ 6,860 and could possibly extend losses as low as $ 6,000, as indicated
by the bearish setup on the daily chart.
Despite a short - term rebound, visible on intraday charts, there is no reason to believe that ETH / USD has reached the bottom as cryptocurrency markets are dominated
by bearish sentiments.
If you follow the markets daily you've probably seen statements like this actual example from a national newspaper: «U.S. stock index futures were under pressure on Friday, weighed
by bearish concern over Spain's rising borrowing costs and Chinese economic data.»
Then we have an example of bearish RSI divergence which was accompanied
by a bearish engulfing candlestick pattern.
Sometimes a small gap up is followed
by a bearish engulfing candlestick.
We can see in the weekly chart below that the recent two week sell - off was preceded
by a bearish pin bar signal at resistance.
We simply marked all two - bar combinations with opposing direction (i.e. a bullish bar followed
by a bearish bar, or a bearish bar followed by a bullish bar).
This bullish piercing pattern was preceded
by a bearish (downward) price movement, which is a requirement to qualify taking this trade; the context is very important whenever you're doing any kind of price action trading.
The earlier tag of the upper Bollinger Band met strong resistance as shown by the strong bear trend bar followed
by a bearish reversal bar that tested the high of the bear trend bar before it.
In the example above, you can see a gravestone doji, followed
by a bearish confirmation candle.
This previous study demonstrated that bull market tops are marked
by bearish breadth divergences.
As Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market get pressured
by a bearish sentiment based on the technical pattern known as «death cross», investors are also aware of the mixed signals coming from big banks regarding the asset class — with great focus on Bitcoin and Ripple.
We should mention that an alternative way to explain the result, likely to be favored
by bearish investors, would be to argue that earnings have historically been overstated.
The logic behind this approach comes from the fact that the previously bullish sentiment is now being «overshadowed»
by bearish momentum, and prices are likely to continue lower.
A bounce to (or near) that level of moving average convergence, followed
by a bearish reversal candlestick or gap down, would provide me with a low - risk short selling entry point.
Not exact matches
Using exchange - traded notes, they've made their exposure $ 393 million more
bearish on the VIX over the past week, according to data compiled
by financial analytics firm S3 Partners.
By contrast, traders (hedge funds) and small investors are expressing historically high levels of
bearish sentiment (both groups are known for following trends and being wrong at turning points).
Shares opened in the green following the report, but later dropped 10 percent after
bearish comments
by Caterpillar management.
One of the more comprehensive presentations of the
bearish position is to be found in «Why housing affordability is a misleading indicator,»
by Ben Rabidoux.
Some
bearish investors argued that Silicon Valley has become increasingly dependent on immigrant workers, with seven of the most well - known tech firms helmed
by immigrants or their children.
Combined wind power output in Denmark and Sweden was forecast to firm
by an hourly average of 810 MW to 3,140 MW on Tuesday, a
bearish factor.
And that's the most
bearish scenario laid out
by the firm in this chart:
Bearish comments
by influential investors have triggered several recent selloffs in Bitcoin and Ethereum, such as when Mark Cuban said he thought they were «in a bubble» last week.
The U.S. dollar index appears headed toward a level of 85 going
by technical indicators that show «a very
bearish situation.»
Periods of persistent bullish or
bearish sentiment are usually confirmed
by excessively high or low valuations, which is not the case at present.
Based on the above explanation of our short selling methodology, our anticipated entry into $ GLD (or buy entry into a «short ETF») is now a bounce to near the $ 150 level that is followed
by the first subsequently
bearish price action.
We went from what was shaping up to be a
bearish «distribution day» (higher volume decline), to an «accumulation day» (higher volume advance)
by the close.
Similarly, a higher high formed
by the share price, but with a lower high formed
by the RSI will indicate that the share price trend is about to turn
bearish.
Rather, the low - risk way to sell short stocks and ETFs is to wait for a significant bounce off the lows, followed
by a convincing,
bearish reversal pattern or gap down.
Just one day later, QQQ began following through on the
bearish pattern
by slicing through its 50 - day moving average.
I think it's a very dangerous mistake to dispense with our present concerns
by ignoring the narrative of our stress - testing response to the credit crisis, and concluding that our experience over this half - cycle has been a mechanical reflection of our pre-2009 methods, our present methods, or some perma -
bearish disposition on my part.
If the NASDAQ breaks below its April 15 low before getting above last week's high, the index will have formed a «lower high,» followed
by a «lower low» on the weekly chart, which would confirm a
bearish trend reversal.
Last week in London, for example, an analyst from a research company with whose views I am usually in strong sympathy and who herself is very
bearish on China's growth prospects, airily dismissed Chinese debt concerns
by pointing out that Chinese government debt, even after adding back estimates of losses in the banking system, is lower than that of the Japanese government, and because the government's debt burden has not been a problem in Japan it won't be a problem in China.
Still, we always respect a
bearish market timing signal
by moving to cash and / or tightening up stops on long positions and waiting for conditions to improve before establishing new long positions.
In the last two years as the bull argument has been pummeled into reality
by the surge in debt, the persistent failure of consumption growth to close the gap with GDP growth, and the sharp slowdown in overall growth, the mood abroad has turned increasingly
bearish, to the point that many people are speaking about a China collapse and the horrible implications this will have for the rest of the world.
Notice that the
bearish crossovers in 2001 and 2008 that were followed
by bear markets did not look back once the crossovers occurred.
Although our
bearish analysis will undoubtedly anger the loyal army of Apple fanboys, we are merely being objective
by saying that recent price action of AAPL (and quite a few other former market leaders) indicates a changing of the guards is on the horizon.
That's not to say Gould is
bearish by any means.
In our last blog post, Benefits of a rules - based trading system, we said the following: «On May 1 (Tuesday), the combination of heavy volume selling in the Nasdaq,
bearish «stalling action» in the S&P 500, and a «distribution day» (higher volume selling) the prior day forced us to cut long exposure in our model swing trading portfolio from approximately 38 % down to 17 %
by the following day's open (May 2).
The logic behind this approach comes from the fact that the previously
bearish sentiment is overextended and is being overcome
by bullish momentum.
# 1 ranked Trader
by Timer's Digest with a 31.6 % return for 2017 is still looking for higher stock prices and has switched to bullish Gold in last evenings letter after going
bearish the US Dollar on March 2nd.
The consensus for the sentiment shift from
bearish to bullish seems to be the positive and mature outlook offered on the cryptocurrency sector
by Christopher Giancarlo, chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) during his testimony in front of the Senate Banking Committee last Tuesday.
The
bearish dominance can be felt with Bitcoin declining
by more than 60 % from its all - time high.